French Revolution

Study Guide
Primera parte
5/1/2019
I. Concepts

The 3 estates
Bourgeoisie
Sieyes: “What is the Third Estate?”
Estates-General (including voting)
Pre-revolution causes of unrest
National Assembly
National Convention
Directory
Consulate
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Jacques Necker
Marat/La Republique
French revolutionary calendar
Tennis Court Oath
Jacobins/Girondists
Robespierre/St. Just/Danton
National Assembly Constitution
Revolutionary government v. Catholic Church
Enemy European empires/Quadruple Alliance
Bastille Day
The Marseilles
Declaration of the Rights of Man
Marquis de Lafayette
Olympia deGouges
Phases of the French Revolution
Continental System
Sans culottes
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Royal attempted escape to Varennes
Napoleonic Code
Robespierre – the incorruptible one
Robepierre – justification of the use of terror
Committee of Public Safety
Rousseau and Voltaire influence on Robespierre
Reign of Terror
Napoleonic civil service system
Goddess of reason/Republic of virtue
Guillotine purpose
Napoleonic reforms
Napoleon’s plebiscite
Concordat of 1801
Napoleonic wars and warfare
Napoleon and Waterloo
Nationalism

II. Answer

The French Revolution

1. What was the French system of government before the French Revolution?
2. What internal conflicts in France affected the process of the French Revolution?
3. What was Napoleon able to take control of France and become emperor?
4. Why did the Third Estate declare itself to be the National Assembly? What were the
French peasants reacting to in their rebellions of 1789?
5. How did the French Revolution enter a new phase after thee storming of the
Bastille?
6. Why do you think the execution of the king led to further radicalization?
7. Do you see the word terror in the news today? How is this similar or different?
8. How was the Constitution of 1795 different from the Constitution of 1791?
9. What ideals and reforms of the French Revolution did Napoleon keep?
10. How did Napoleon create a revolution government? How did he re-create a
monarchy?
11. Why did Napoleon decide to invade Russia?
12. What was the idea behind the “balance of power” concept in European diplomacy?
13. In what ways are the modern day usages of conservatism, liberalism, and
nationalism similar to the usages of the terms in eighteenth and nineteenth –century
Europe? In what ways are they different?